A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Mumbai has ruled to unfreeze four bank accounts belonging to actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family, stating that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) failed to comply with necessary legal procedures during the freezing process. The accounts were initially frozen in 2020 amid the high-profile investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, where Chakraborty was implicated but later cleared by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court found that the NCB did not secure timely confirmation from the competent authority, as required by Section 68 F of the NDPS Act, which mandates such confirmation within 30 days. Special judge U C Deshmukh noted that this procedural lapse rendered the freezing action legally invalid. The ruling allows the Chakraborty family to operate their accounts at ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank in accordance with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations. The court's decision underscores the need for adherence to statutory safeguards in property freezing actions, emphasizing that such powers must be exercised with constitutional protections in mind.